Zynga's chief game designer, Brian Reynolds, resigns — Brian Reynolds has a booming laugh, but it won't be heard in the halls of Zynga anymore. The company's chief game designer has resigned, according to games news site Polygon. — Zynga has confirmed the departure …

YouTube Set to Introduce Paid Subscriptions This Spring — A New Revenue Model For TV Networks and Video Producers — A new chapter in online video is about to begin. YouTube is prepping to launch paid subscriptions for individual channels on its video platform in its latest attempt …

As Music Streaming Grows, Royalties Slow to a Trickle — Like plenty of music fans, Sam Broe jumped at the chance to join Spotify two summers ago, and he hasn't looked back. — Spotify, which began streaming music in Sweden in 2008, lets users choose from millions of songs over the Internet free …

How Google Is Putting Mass Torture On The Map — A Google Maps search for “concentration camps in North Korea” will now find you actual, working prison camps. A new form of activism? — How do you label a notorious international human rights violation on a map? Here's how Google did it: